FISHING IN OCEAN CITY NEW JERSEY - A HARTLEY FAMILY TRADITION FOR GENERATIONS

The Hartley family has been in the fishing and boating all our life purchasing our first boat, the Rainbow in 1996 in Wildwood. Then moving to Ocean City in 1999 on 2nd Street with the Rainbow II. We then purchased the Rainbow III in 2000, a 65 foot fiber glass boat. In 2008 Capt Hartley sold the Rainbow III with deep sadness due to the loss of his slip. In 2011 Capt Hartley had an opportunity to acquire the 63 year old business he worked on as a child - the party boat Capt Robbins. We hope to keep a long running South Jersey tradition going for years to come.

The Capt Robbins was started in 1949 by Capt. Reds Robbins and than his son, Neil Robbins, until he retired in 2011, a second generation boat. Capt. Hartley hopes to keep the Robbins tradition alive with the guidance from Neil Robbins himself. Capt Victor also hopes to pass the vessels on to his sons Ethan and Dylan Hartley who currently go out with dad on the boats to assist and learn the industry. The boys have the same love of the water as their dad has.